In Dark Path, there is another choice that determines whether Eirudy fully falls to the dark side, or whether she will return to the light:

"Eat her soul." - Dark path ending

"Let her go." - True path ending

The two main routes will give Eirudy a new outfit, which is reflected on her character model and in her artwork. The title screen will also update with her new outfit. The ending CGs for the good ending will change depending on whether she is in her light outfit (Light path) or her original outfit (True path).

By getting the Light or True endings, you can access post-game content.

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Picking this route will bring Eirudy to Chapter 4: Tri-Caliber, which leads to the good ending. She will not learn how to acquire the red and blue Soul Stones, and will not receive the basement key that is needed to unlock Bernick. This is the only route that gives her the "light outfit."

Once you start the Attack on Shubeth, you will more or less have to continue to the end of the story. Therefore, if you want to defeat any more enemies or complete any more subquests, do so before going to Shubeth. (While you can control Eirudy for a brief moment afterwards, she is not allowed to teleport and cannot head towards Lehert.)

Only one scene in the ending will change depending on your achievements: If you completed Judith's side-story, she will intervene in a certain section.

Prerequisite: Pick "No human can be trusted" or "I don't know," then later absorb Velita's soul

This path leads to the bad ending that ends with Chapter 4: Dark Path. Grandmother will give her the "dark outfit" after Eirudy decides not to trust humans, but insists that there will be a "light" in the future that will bring her back to the path of light. Before Eirudy leaves, she gives Eirudy the key to the basement of her house. It leads to the doll Bernick, and Eirudy can then go and restore it to make it her doll.

If Eirudy has 700 Vitality in her Soul Stone to awaken it, she will automatically enter combat with it and make it her doll. If she doesn't, she will mention that she needs more Vitality to awaken it.

After acquiring Bernick, Velita and her troops locate the Marionette House. Eirudy confronts them and uses Bernick to kill all of them except for Velita. At this point, she learns how to create the Red and Blue Soul Stones, upgraded versions of the Soul Stone that can hold even more Vitality. She is also given a choice to spare Velita or absorb her soul; this is the "light" Grandmother mentioned. Absorbing Velita's soul will send Eirudy down the Dark Path.

Even though these two paths have identical storyline events after a certain point, there are still some major differences.

Light Path:

Can access the roots of the Springs through the green teleport circles after visiting the temples of Marii and Morell; Revgato's is unlocked some time during Chapter 4, though you can also access it the same way you did in Chapter 1.

The root of the Spring of Morell contains the Ancient Lehert Necklace. The root of the Spring of Marii only has Dark Magic Stones and Small Purified Magic Stones.

Defeating Vahnter will give you +20% to all stats.

Cannot acquire Bernick in the main story, only in the after story. (Bernick's space on the final illustration cannot be filled as a result.)

True Path:

Cannot use the green teleport circles to access the roots of the Springs.

After completing Chapter 5 (only seen in the Light/True paths), after the credits, a final illustration will appear. Various characters you meet, or whose side objectives you've cleared, will appear along with all the dolls you've acquired in the playthrough.

The bottom row is automatically filled out, as are Monnet, Regal, and Esther. The dolls are filled in by awakening them in the game. Out of all the dolls, only one of them is route-dependent, and that is Bernick.

From left-to-right of the optional characters: Judith, Hector, Brad, Filia, Za'rrel the Weaponmaker, Raymond and Lize, and the Shezarian Souls. Their requirements are: